Sokollu Mehmed Pasha II Mosque

The Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Sokollu Mehmet Paşa Camii) is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey.

The mosque is situated in Azapkapı neighborhood of Beyoğlu district in Istanbul. It is directly beside the Atatürk Bridge across the Golden Horn, but there was no bridge here at the time the mosque was built. It was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan (c. 1488/1490-1588) and built for the grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (in office 1565–1579) in 1578. It is one of the three mosques with the same name built by Mimar Sinan in Istanbul.

Key facts

Type: congregational mosque, mosque, historic building
Built: 1577
Architect: Mimar Sinan
Architectural style: Ottoman architecture
Material: tile
Height: 24.5 m
Located in: Marmara Region
Named after: Sokollu Mehmed Paşa

Facts from Wikidata.

Coordinates: 41.025000, 28.967778Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page comes from: Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Azapkapı (en.wikipedia.org), as of 2 August 2026

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